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Goodfellows fundraising on track, Salvation Army Red Kettles less full

Bell ringers for the Salvation Army Red Kettle will be out through Christmas Eve, but donations can be made until Jan. 31.

The Old Newsboys’ Goodfellow Fund of Detroit has raised $797,251, nearly 66.4 percent of its $1.2 million fundraising goal for 2013.

That amount is similar to what the organization had raised last year at this time, said Sari Klok-Schneider, executive director of the Detroit Goodfellows.

Of the total amount raised this year, $52,166 was from the 100th Annual Detroit Goodfellows’ Sales Day on Dec. 2, when a special Goodfellow edition of The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press was sold by Detroit Goodfellows, police officers and firefighters across the city, according to a news release.

The Detroit Goodfellows used the collected donations to distribute 35,000 gift packages containing books, warm clothes, toys and candy to needy children in Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park and River Rouge earlier this month, according to the release.

In addition to the holiday gift packages, the Detroit Goodfellows provide free shoes, emergency dental services to children, scholarships to Wayne State University and assistance to send hundreds of disadvantaged kids to camp each summer, said the release.

Donations to help reach this year’s fundraising goal will be collected until Jan. 31, the end of the organization’s fiscal year.

Salvation Army donations lagging

The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit reported today that it is nearly 10 percent off last year’s pace to reach its $8.75 million annual Red Kettle Campaign Goal by Jan. 31.

The organization has raised $4.3 million at its 470 locations, said Major Mark Anderson, general secretary and metro Detroit area commander of the Salvation Army.